Railway-tie and fastener.



A. 0. OANDLAND. RAILWAY TIE AND FASTENER. APPLICATION FI-LED DEG.19, 1911.

Patented June 4, 1912.

m M M J 03 4mm M144 ARTHUR C. CANDLAND, OF PROVO, UTAH.

RAILWAY-TIE AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 4, 1912.

Application filed December 19, 1911. Serial No. 666,850.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. CAND- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Provo city, in the county of Utah and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties and Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to railway ties and fasteners therefor, and my purpose is to provide a metallic tie for railways and fastening means to secure the rail thereon having the minimum number of parts.

A further obj eot is to provide a tie which has no cuts or openings 'in the sides that will tend to weaken the tie, and one that is easily ballasted on the roadbed to prevent longitudinal or lateral displacement.

These objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective of one end of a metal tie with the fastening means securing a part of a rail thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one end of the tie. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on line w of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 3 g of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section on lines 2 z of Figs. 1 and 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective of one of the clamps. Fig. 7 is a perspective of one of the cushion blocks.

My tie is out from a sheet of metal and is bent to form two upturned channels 1 having closed sides and bottom and open top and ends. The sides thereof 2 between said channels 1 are bent together in arcuate form and securely fastened. The arcuated form of the middle portion of the tie provides ballast receiving pockets 5 within which ballast is packed and the open bottom of said pockets 5 permits the settling of the ballast placed therein on and into the roadbed. Ballast may also be packed against the sides 2 of the tie adjacent the arcuate portion thereof which will assist in preventing lat eral displacement of the tie. Port-ions of the sides 2 are out out to form clamp receiving cuts 4, and the uncut portion of the sides 2 between two of said clamp receiving cuts 4 is bent outward to form the locking members 6. Between said locking members 6 and within the tie is placed cushion blocks 9 the upper sides of which extend above the said locking members 6 to prevent the rail when placed on said blocks from contacting with the metal of the tie. Adjacent each end of the said blocks 9 is placed one of the clamps 8, which clamps are out from a sheet of metal and a portion bent to grip the base flange of a railwayrail. Said clamps have open slots 11 cut therein to engage the said sides 2 of the tie to prevent said sides from outward displacement. A portion of each end of said clamps is extended as an arm 10 to engage with the uncut portion of the said sides 2 of the tie to prevent outward movement of said clamps. Within each of said arms 10 are cut elongated slots 12 partially registering'with the opening below the said locking members 6. When said clamps are placed transversely in said tie adjacent said blocks 9 with the portion bent to grip the flange of a rail which is placed on said block, a bolt 13 having a cone shaped head thereon is fitted within said elongated slots .12 and below said locking members 6. A

cone shaped washer 14 is placed on said bolt 13 and within the opposite elongated slot 12 in the opposed clamp. A nut 15 on the bolt 13, when'turned up on said bolt, will cause the said washer 14 and the head on the bolt to engage the inner or lower side of said locking members and the lower end of said elongated slots 12 in the respective and adjacent clamps and 'locking members and draw said clamp downward and inward in gripping contact with said rail. If insulation is desired a strip of insulating material 16 is placed between the rail and clamps 8 and between the rail and locking members 6. When the clamps 8 are in place in the channel, ballast receiving pockets 3 are formed in each end of the tie; which pockets when filled with ballast will aid in holding the tie in place on the roadbed.

The simplicity and efficiency of the fastener that is made possible, and as shown herewith, enables me to secure the downward and inward pull of each pair of clamps on the flange of the rail and in connection with the tie is certainly novel.

Having thus described my device I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim 1. In a railway tie and fastener the combination of two upturned metal channels each having closed sides and bottom and united by the sides thereof being extended and bent together in arcuate form the .bottom being cut out adjacent said arcuately bent portions, ballast receiving pockets within said tie, and means to fasten a railway rail on said tie.

2. A railway tie consisting of two metallic channels formed from a sheet of metal having a portionof the bottom out out and the sides adjacent said out out portion bent together and rigidly secured, cushion blocks within said channels, and means to fasten a rail thereon.

3. A railway tie consisting of an upturned metallic channel with the middle port-ion of the bottom out out and the sides bent together in arcuate form and rigidly secured, cushion blocks in said channel, ballast receiving pockets in said channel adjacent said blocks, and means to secure a rail on said blocks.

4. A railway tie and fastener consisting of an upturned'metallic channel having the middle portion of the bottom out out and the sides secured together adjacent said out out portions in arcuate form, cushion blocks in said channel, ballast receiving pockets in said channel having closed sides and open top and bottom, and means to fasten a rail on said tie which is supported on said blocks.

5. A railway tie and fastener consisting of a sheet of metal bent to form two upturned channels having separated bottoms and with the sides of one integral with the sidesof the other and with thesides connecting the said channels bent together in arcuate form, the middle portion of each side of each of said channels being bent outwardly and curved downwardly, cushion blocks fitted in said channels adjacent said bent out port-ions, ballast receiving pockets in said channels adjacent said cushion blocks, and means to hold a rail on said channels.

6. A railway tie and fastener consisting of a sheet of metal cut and bent to form two upturned channels united by having the sides of one integral with the sides of the other and bent in arcuate form and rigidlyv secured, ballast receiving pockets having open bottom and top with closed sides, a cushion block in the longitudinal center of each of said channels, locking members integrally formed on the sides of said channels, insulating slips bet-ween said locking members and said blocks and the rail supported thereon, and means to secure the rails on said channels by engagement with said locking members.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR G. GANDLAND.

Witnesses:

Enw. P. MIDGLEY,

' SAM RANEY.

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Washington, D. G. 

